|
|
Definition of Stick insect
1. Noun. Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies.
Generic synonyms: Phasmid, Phasmid Insect
Group relationships: Family Phasmatidae, Family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, Phasmidae
Specialized synonyms: Diapheromera, Diapheromera Femorata
Definition of Stick insect
1. Noun. Any of various insects of the family ''Phasmidae'' that mimic sticks or twigs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stick Insect
Literary usage of Stick insect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. About Ceylon and Borneo: Being an Account of Two Visits to Ceylon, One to by Walter J. Clutterbuck (1892)
"I discovered them in what appeared THE stick insect to be hundreds issuing from
the recesses of my cupboard, and when I dipped my sponge in the water it did ..."
2. About Ceylon and Borneo: Being an Account of Two Visits to Ceylon, One to by Walter J. Clutterbuck (1891)
"I discovered them in what appeared THE stick insect to be hundreds issuing from
the recesses of my cupboard, and when I dipped my sponge in the water it did ..."
3. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"where the stick-insect is called by the curious name of "elephant's fish-poison,"1
the east coast Malays firmly believing that if an elephant accidentally ..."
4. The Story of Creation: A Plain Account of Evolution by Edward Clodd (1888)
"... the dried twig-like form of many caterpillars, the bark-like appearance of
tree-frogs, FIG. 72.—Walking-stick Insect. the harmony of the ..."
Other Resources:
Navajo